Words and Pictures
Roadside Attractions | Release Date: May 23, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
13
Negative:
4
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38
RogerEbert.comOdie HendersonMay 23, 2014
Unfortunately, Words and Pictures fails at portraying both titular nouns. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineEd GonzalezMay 18, 2014
At least the irony with which this transparently written and dispassionately aestheticized film so demagogically argues for the value of words and pictures is brutally convincing. Read full review
30
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeMay 22, 2014
Words and Pictures never accrues enough emotional resources to bear out the darker, heavier moments, which turns its big dramatic moves into clunky embarrassments. Read full review
25
New York PostKyle SmithMay 21, 2014
Clive Owen stumbles around the scenery doing unfortunate drunken-writer shtick in Words and Pictures, a formula movie whose script is yet more unfortunate. Read full review
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